Iran Press/ Middle East: The talks, attended by the top diplomats of Jordan, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and Egypt, kicked off with a meeting between Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi and Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad, followed by a meeting of all the ministers.
A Jordanian foreign ministry spokesman said the meeting came as a follow-up to talks with the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council countries, Jordan, Iraq, and Egypt that were held in Saudi Arabia last month.
The spokesman added that those countries aimed to build on their contacts with the Syrian government and discuss a “Jordanian initiative to reach a political solution to the Syrian crisis.”
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